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This study has been conducted in the framework of the STCS, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss University Hospitals (G15) and transplant centers.
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L Berben9, H Burkhalter9, V Claes9, S De Geest9, K Denhaerynck9, R Helmy9, M Kirsch9, L Leppla9, O Mauthner9, M Struker9, A Boehler10, S Gerull10, MT Koller10, U Huynh-Do11, E Boely12, E Catana13, A Simcox14, A Seiler15, R Klaghofer15, I Binet16, P Künzler-Heule16 and S Beckmann17
9University of Basel; 10University Hospital Basel; 11University Hospital Inselspital Bern; 12University Hospital Geneva; 13University Hospital Lausanne; 14University of Lausanne; 15University Hospital Zurich; 16Cantonal Hospital St Gallen and 17University of Basel; University Hospital Zurich
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R Achermann, P Amico, J-D Aubert, V Banz, G Beldi, C Benden, C Berger, I Binet, P-Y Bochud, H Bucher, T Carell, E Catana, Y Chalandon, S de Geest, O de Rougemont, M Dickenmann, M Duchosal, L Elkrief, T Fehr, S Ferrari-Lacraz, C Garzoni, PG Soccal, C Gaudet, E Giostra, D Golshayan, K Hadaya, J Halter, D Heim, C Hess, S Hillinger, HH Hirsch, G Hofbauer, U Huynh-Do, F Immer, R Klaghofer, M Koller (Head of the data center), B Laesser, R Lehmann, C Lovis, P Majno; O Manuel, H-P Marti, PY Martin, P Meylan, (Head, Biological samples management group), P Mohacsi, P Morel, U Mueller, NJ Mueller (Chairman Scientific Committee), H Mueller-McKenna (Head of local data management), A Müller, T Müller, B Müllhaupt, D Nadal, M Pascual (Executive office), J Passweg, J Rick, E Roosnek, A Rosselet, S Rothlin, F Ruschitzka, U Schanz, S Schaub, A Schnyder, C Seiler, S Stampf, J Steiger (Head, Executive Office), G Stirnimann, C Toso, C Van Delden (Executive office), J-P Venetz, J Villard, M Wick (STCS coordinator), M Wilhelm and P Yerly.
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Gerull, S., Denhaerynck, K., Chalandon, Y. et al. Lack of association between relationship status and clinical outcome in allogeneic stem cell transplantation—the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 1686–1688 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2017.204
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